"I spoke to my manager, I said, 'Bro I'm keen to get back into the ring, I've got a couple of years, I'm 35'," he told Nine News Sydney.<\/p>\n
Hearing Williams' comments while speaking on 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio, Gallen responded: "It's about time."<\/p>\n
Gallen, who has a professional boxing record of 10-0-1, has long sought a fight with Williams. The pair six years ago seemed destined to meet in the ring when Gallen agreed to take a reduced payment<\/a> to get the deal done before it ultimately fell through.<\/p>\n Asked whether now is the right time to make the fight with Williams happen, Gallen said he's given up and has his eyes set on bigger opponents.<\/p>\n The 2016 NRL premiership winner is scheduled to face ex-WBA champion Lucas Browne (29-2-0) in a heavyweight bout in Wollongong next month.<\/p>\n "How many times do I have to say I'm keen for a Sonny Bill Williams fight?" Gallen said.<\/p>\n "I've said it for years and heard nothing in return. Now he's got his own gym and wants to start boxing.<\/p>\n "As I said after the Mark Hunt fight, there's bigger fish to fry for me at the moment.<\/p>\n "And that's what I'm doing, I'm fighting a former WBA world champion – he calls himself a world champion, but I don't consider him to be the WBA world champion.<\/p>\n "The only person on my mind is Lucas Browne. We spoke before about Robert Whittaker – they're options for me.<\/p>\n "Ask Sonny Bill Williams when it's going to happen."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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